Practitioners running Queensland class actions should note that where a defendant government agency holds employee contact details, an opt-out notice procedure requiring the defendant to affix address labels to pre-prepared envelopes (rather than disclosing personal information to plaintiffs) can satisfy s 103U(5) of the CP Act while remaining consistent with QPP 6 privacy obligations. On costs, the case confirms that where security for costs is ultimately conceded after delay, and where a class challenge application precipitates curative amendments to pleadings, costs will ordinarily follow the event against the plaintiffs even absent a contested hearing.
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